Page 157 (with art)

Chapter 4: Prometheus and the First Men Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♠ Scholia to Hesiod, Works and Days 89 ♠ Eumelos, Korinthiaka fr 1 PEG – Poetae Epici Graeci 1, p. 108, ed. A. Bernabé. Leipzig 1987. ♠ Servius, Scholia to Vergil, Eclogues 6.42 – Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii Bucolica et … Continue reading Page 157 (with art)

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Page 155 (with art)

Chapter 4: Prometheus and the First Men Previous Page   Table of Contents   Next Page ♠ Hesiod, Theogony 521-22 And ready-witted Prometheus he bound with inextricable bonds, cruel chains, and drove a shaft through his middle. Greek Text ♦ Athens, National Archaeoloigcal Museum, 16384: Attic black-figure skyphos-krater by Nettos Painter, with Herakles, Prometheus and eagle Image … Continue reading Page 155 (with art)

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Minor Divinities (page 145, with art)

Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page    Table of Contents    Next Page ♦ Eretria, Archaeological Museum: terracotta statuette of horse/man from Lefkandi (Kentauros?) Wikimedia ♦ Paris, Cabinet des Médailles M.5837: Cycladic sealstone, archer and horse/man (Herakles and Kentauros Nessos?) Cabinet des Médailles ♦ Athens, National Museum 15350: ivory relief plaque from … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 145, with art)

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Minor Divinities (page 137, with art)

Chapter 3: Olympos, the Underworld, and Minor Divinities Previous Page    Table of Contents    Next Page ♦ Paestum Museum: three metopes from the Heraion I at Foce del Sele, with Herakles defending Hera? and two pairs of Silenoi advancing with stones raised Soprintendenza Archeologia per le provincie di Salerno e Avellino ♦ Wurzbug University, Martin … Continue reading Minor Divinities (page 137, with art)

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Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus (page 403, with art)

Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page    Table of Contents    Next Page ♦ Chest of Kypselos from temple of Hera at Olympia (known through Pausanias’ description and modern reconstructions) ♠ Pausanias Description of Greece 5.19.1 Then comes the combat between Heracles and Geryones, who is represented as three men joined to one another. Greek Text Detail … Continue reading Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus (page 403, with art)

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Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus (page 402 lower, with art)

Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page    Table of Contents    Next Page ♠ Hesiod, Theogony 287-94 But Chrysaor was joined in love to Callirrhoe, the daughter of glorious Ocean, and begot three-headed Geryones. Him mighty Heracles slew in sea-girt Erythea by his shambling oxen on that day when he drove the wide-browed oxen to holy Tiryns, … Continue reading Labor X: The Cattle of Geryoneus (page 402 lower, with art)

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Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 400 upper, with art)

Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page    Table of Contents    Next Page ♦ Tarquinia, Museo Nazionale RC5564: Attic black-figure neck-amphora with Herakles and Amazons; Herakles, in lionskin and with name inscribed, attacks collapsing Amazon Andromache (named) with a large sword; on the left, Amazon named Iphito attacks fallen Greek; on the right, Greek named Telamon attacks … Continue reading Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 400 upper, with art)

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